Guide-rail clamp



(No ModeL).

, W. P. WYLLY.

GUIDE RAIL CLAMP.

No. 892,941. Patented Nov. 18, 1888.

awuawtoz ITE TATES WILLIAM P. I/VYLLY, OF PATTERSON, GEORGIA.

GUIDE-RAIL CLAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,941, dated November 13, 1888.

Application filed May 7, 1886. Serial No. 201.462. 1N0 model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concer'n;

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM P. WVYLLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Patterson, in the county of Pierce and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guide-Rail Clamps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in guide-rail clamps.

It consists, essentially, in a bolt or key fastening the guide to the main rail, and in conr5 junction therewith a heel-brace for bracing the guide-rail in position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view, partly in section, of a portion of a track with the guiderail secured in position according to one part of my improvements. Fig. 2 represents a detail view showing the bolt with enlarged head to adapt it to fit the outer face and crown and web of a rail. Fig. 8 represents a bolt with its head elongated to extend horizontally beyond the crown of the rail. Fig. 4. represents a bolt-fastening with similarly-elongated nuts. Fig. 5 represents a section of a track with a bolt-fastening and heel-brace in position.

A represents the main rail,and B the guiderail.

F represents the bolt connecting the main and guide rails together in a line below the path of the flanges of the wheels of passing trains. As the flanges of car and locomotive wheels project about two inches below the crowns of the rails, it is essential that the conmeeting-bolts (and the distance blocks or strips when such are used) shall be sufficiently low to permit of the wheel-flanges passing clear thereof as the wheels pass along the rails. This result is secured by forming the bolt-receiving hole in the main and guide rails below the line of travel of the flanges in the manner indicated in the drawings.

The connecting-bolt F may be of any desired shape-such as round, square, or flat, or what may be termed a gib-headed key with split pin for securing it, and may beheld in place either by a key, H, passed through a slot or holein the end of the bolt,or one end of the bolt may be screw-threaded to receive a nut, I, and either such nut or key may be employed separately or conj ointly for the purpose of securing the bolt in position. When an ordinary bolt is employed, one or more washers or plates are placed in position so as to rest against the inner face of the guide-rail, as in Fig. 1, and between it and the nut I for the purpose of bringing the nut out far enough beyond the arch or crown of the rail to enable a wrench to easily grip said nut, and such washer would, ordinarily, also be placed be tween the rail and the bolt-head. The inner faces and top and bottom edges of the respective washers or plates are so shaped, as represented in the drawings, that they shall rest snugly against the faces and also against the under side or the crown and upon the top of the flange or the rail. In this form of construction they operate as an auxiliary in resisting the spring of the guard-rail and also strengthen the bolt. A preferable form is to make the head K of the bolt of a length and width suflicient to permit of its resting,when in position. upon the flange of the rail and against the under side of the crown thereof, or in some cases, as at J, elongated to extend outwardly therefrom, their inner faces, how ever, preferably, being of a shape to adapt them to readily conform to the shape of the faces of the rails. The nuts may, as shown in the drawings, also be so elongated. By thus constructing the heads and nuts I am enabled to dispense with the employment of washers or plates between the nuts and heads of the bolts and the adjacent rails, and am thus enabled to dispense with parts ordinarily employed, and also lessen" the labor and time ordinarily consumed in putting the parts together, and also facilitate their adjustment, lessen the expenditure, and have fewer parts to get out of order or require replacement or renewal than is the case where washers are used.

l/Vhen ordinary bolts are employed,or where only those are available by the track-hands, the washers or shims heretofore described, which are of similar shape on their inner faces and edges to the shape of the inner faces and edges of the enlarged bolt-heads and nuts just described, can be used, or any other washers or shims that will fit the bolt, as they and such enlarged nuts and bolt-heads subservethe same purpose and are the equivalent of each other, as will be readily understood, it being preferred that bolts with enlarged heads, as described, be used whenever practicable-that is, whenever the track-hands have a sufficient supply thereof; but where only the ordinary bolts are available, or where a switch with an ordinary bolt requires to be placed in condi- 'tion, then washers of any shape to fit the bolts [0 can be used.

L represents a heel-brace, which at its lower inner portion is rearwardly or outwardly curved and recessed to adapt it to fit over the web or flange of the guide-rail and has a rearwardly-extending flange, M, which is spiked to the cross-tie, a slot being preferably formed in the flange to receive the spike. The upper end of this heel-brace is of curved form, as represented at N, to adapt it to embrace the lower part of the crown of the guide-rail.

I am aware that bolts or keys have already been employed in combination with main and guide rails and distance-blocks, and I therefore do not claim the combination of the main and guide rails and bolts when the distanceblocks are also combined with them.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A guide rail clamp comprising a bolt 0 connecting the main and guide rails together and having a head adapted on its inner face to conform to the shape of the side of the adjacent rail, a device for securing said bolt in position and adapted to extend beyond the crown of the adjacent rail, and a heel-brace bracing the guide-rail substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a guide-rail clamp, the combination, with the main and guide rails, of a round,

square, or flat belt or key ibr securing the guiderail to the main rail, and a nut, key, or pin for securing said bolt or key in position, substantially as set forth.

3. In a guide-rail clamp, the combination, with the main and guide rails, of a bolt connecting the same together, and having a head conforming in shape to the face of the rail and of a length to permit of its resting against the flange and crown of the rail, and suitable retaining means for securing said bolt in position.

4. In a guide-rail clamp, the combination, with the main and guide rails, of a bolt or key passed through and connecting the main and guide rails, a nut, key, or pin securing said belt or key in position, and a washer or plate interposed between said nut, key, or pin and the adjacent rail, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a guide-rail clamp, the combination, with the main and guide rails, of a bolt or key passed through and connecting the main and guide rails, and a nut, key, or pin securing said bolt or key in position and extending horizontally beyond the crown of the rail, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a guide-rail clamp, the combination of a heel-brace bracing the guide-rail, a bolt or key connecting said heel-brace and the main and guide rails together, and means, substantially as described, for securing said bolt or key in position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM. I. XVYLLY.

Vitnesscs:

ALBERT WYLLY, F. G. WYLLY. 

